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History 31-33
Chapters 31-33
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| When was Medgar Evans Assassinated? | From NAACP - June 12, 1963 |
| When was John F Kennedy (JFK) assassinated? | November 22, 1963 |
| When was Malcolm X assassinated? | 1965 |
| When was Martin Luther King (MLK) assassinated? | 1968 |
| When was the USSR bomb test? | 1948 |
| When was JFK elected | 1960 (hostile) |
| Years of the Vietnam war? | 1965-1975 |
| Years of the Korean War? | 1950-1953 |
| When was the moon landing> | 1969 |
| What was US involvement in Vietnam war? Why were there? | US wanted communism contained and not spread; ally of South Vietnam which was a democracy; military sent to help advise how to win war but got pulled into the fighting |
| What happened in vietnam war? | they fought the vietcong - who popped out of tunnels and trees to hit the US; US had no clear goal in this war; there was no winning by capturing a city or area; US killed vietcong by the 1000s but did not bring to end |
| Vietnam war facts continued | US citizens felt the war was not right and protested; US army were murderers and President Johnson a criminal; |
| How was the vietnam war costly? | not just money - took the lives of 58,000 US soldiers |
| What was significant about Nixon's time in office? | Nixon first president to visit Communist china; wanted friendship with them; trade started between the countries; also wanted to clean up the mess of the industrial revolution by creating EPA; |
| What was the watergate scandel? | Nixon paranoid and power hungry - Used power to spy on/punish his political rivels; had the democratic national commitee headquarters burglary in june 1972 - ordered by Nixon's men; he tried to cover up his knowledge of it; forced to resign with disgrace |
| Is nixon only president to resign from office? | Yes |
| What was the children's crusade? | Black students marching for civil rights against Eugene "Bull" Connor in Burmingham, AL May 1963; he took a peacfyl protest and had the marchers ; sprayed with high power fire hoses and then had the dogs attack them; people ran for their lives; |
| What was the outcome of the children's crusade? | Americans saw what happened and were sympatetic to the black protestors and other protests broke out throughout the US |
| Who was Bull Connor? | Birmingham, AL Commissioner of Public Safety - controlled the police and fire departments - had them attack the protestors of the children's crusade |
| Who was Neil Armstrong? | First man to walk on the Moon in 1969 - One small step for man...one giant leap for mankind |
| What was the Cuban Missile Crisis? | cuba who had alliance with RUssia to place missiles in Cuba which is 90 miles from Florida; these missiles could hurt US and worried JFK; US had a naval blockade so no missiles would go off and destroy US; Russia backed off; closest US/Russia in nuc war |
| Cold War | Time after WWII where US and Russia were hostile to each other; competed with military, political and economic alliances; US produced over 70K nuc weapons; |
| WHat was the Red scare? | Americans afraid of the Russian spies getting into the US and stealing secrets of US weapons; "Reds" nickname for communists; Julias and Ethel Rosenberg Americans who spied for Russia |
| Who was Joe McCarthy? | senator from WI; felt US was big time infiltrated by Russian spies; It was shown he exagerated the spying happening and he was censored and left the spotlight |
| What did the Knights of Columbus convince President Eisenhower to do? | Add the words "Under God" to the Pledge of Allegiance |
| What was NATO? | North Atlantic Treaty Organization - union of democratic countries opposed to communist Russia; US a part of it |
| What was the Warsaw Pact? | Federation of Communist European countries formed by Russia |
| What was Sputnik? | first satellite launched into space by Russia in 1957 |
| Who was Lee Harvery Oswald? | assassinated JFK from the 6th floor of a warehouse while JFK was in a parade; shot in head and killed instantly; Oswald arrested but shot and killed by a nightclub owner Jack Ruby; no answer for why he killed JFK |
| Who was Martin Luther King? | baptist minster and civil rights activist; wanted blacks to protest peacefully; organized protests and gave impassioned speaches around the US; He was around when US signed Civil rights Act but was assassinated soon after by a white man who opposed this |
| What is Roe v. Wade?q | Supreme Court decision - 1973 - allowed practice of abortion in all 50 states; prior to this ruling, abortion was illegal in christian countries; this ruling meant abortion could not be banned and must be practiced |
| Who was Jimmy Carter? | elected president in 1976; peanut farmer from GA; wanted to fix US after nixon but was not a strong leader; he was found to be a weak person; economy struggled under him; |
| Who was ArchBishop Fulton Sheen? | host of a tv show "Life Worth Living"; bishop from NY; preached gospel on show and gave spiritual advice to millions; not a saint yet |
| What are Baby Boomers? | children born between 1946 and 1964 (76 million) due to population growth from soldiers coming home and starting families after WWII |
| What was the Civil Rights Act of 1964? | Passed by Congress and Pres. Johnson that outlawed any form of discrimination based on gender, race or nation of segrigation |
| What happened in the Korean War? | US tried to stop Communist North Korea from taking over South Korea; russia gave supplies to North Korea to fight; lots of money invested in the war |
| What are the causes/Outcomes of the Korea V. Vietnam War | Lots of money spent on Korea and weapons; vietnam - many US lives lost |
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